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Chief Financial Officer Resume
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| Desired Industry: Manufacturing |
SpiderID: 4425 |
| Desired Job Location: Syracuse, New York |
Date Posted: 12/13/2005 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 01/15/2006 |
| Desired Wage: 200000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 50-75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Bachelors |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Highly accomplished, profit-driven financial and general management
executive with extensive background in maximizing profits and
shareholder value for public and private companies. Wide-ranging
experience in multi-divisional and international operations.
Successful record of achievement in startup, expansion, turnaround,
and crisis management in highly competitive environments. Direct
staffs to exceptional productivity, employee retention, and job
satisfaction.
Experience:
THE ALTERNATIVE BOARD - Syracuse, NY 2004-Present
Manage all activities of consulting business specializing in CFO,
strategic planning, marketing development, operations, and private
coaching for business owners. Develop plans taking businesses to the
next level.
Key Accomplishments:
* Restructured pricing policy, revamped sales process, and created
a financial model of startup company, gaining a 50% increase in
revenue per unit and substantial investor backing.
* Designed and produced educational DVD balancing humor with facts
to capture listeners' attention.
* Conducted study and presented solutions to family-owned
businesses for managing compensation, investments, and dividend
income while maintaining family unity and harmony.
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. (ATSI) - Ithaca, NY 2001-2003
Recruited back to this manufacturer of bar code and transaction
printers for point-of-sale, ATM, and gas pump applications, to
rationalize the business and develop a long-term strategy.
CFO and General Manager
In dual role as CFO of $160 million, nine-division international
group and GM of $80 million transaction printer division, directed
activities related to refinancing, covenant compliance,
lender/investor relations, repatriation of foreign cash, cash flow,
financial reporting, and budget and business plan development.
Key Accomplishments:
* Devised and implemented downsizing that eliminated 42% of
indirect workforce and increased profits 25%.
* Turned around $10 million loss to $2 million in profits within
two years.
* Developed strategic plan preventing premature closure of division
and arresting $50 million decline in revenue by exploiting a key
differentiator.
* Enhanced working capital availability, increasing borrowing base
from $200,000 to $7 million.
* Achieved extra 25% over budgeted EBITDA from Transaction Printer
Group for two successive years.
* Established prompt and open communications with potential South
Korean business partner.
* Remedied history of late interest payments and consistently met
bank covenants.
* Orchestrated divestiture of $25 million French subsidiary for
$1.5 million above target.
* Positioned company as solution provider and implemented trial
programs with Staples and Big Y. Early results demonstrated an
average 50% increase in "basket" per customer.
* Accomplished successful leveraged buyout of UK distribution
business six months ahead of plan.
* Researched and negotiated financing at favorable rates (LIBOR
+3%) for $15 million asset-based loan.
FERROUS EXCHANGE, INC. - New York, NY 2000-2001
Directed all financial, legal, and operational aspects of startup e-
commerce business created to facilitate steel trading through the
Internet.
Vice President of Operations and Controller
Recruited to establish financial, legal, and operational
infrastructure and international standard contracts.
Key Accomplishments:
* Established standard international contracts for trading of steel
in Asia, Europe, and North America.
* Implemented automatic procedures for procuring trade finance,
letters of credit, and negotiable instruments.
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. - Blue Bell, PA 1997-2000
Advanced through corporation, assuming management at various
divisions to solve financial and operational dysfunctions and losses.
Vice President of Finance / CFO
Recruited to company as Controller and, as company grew, earned
promotion to General Manger of $20 million division and subsequent
promotion to CFO of $230 million public company.
Key Accomplishments:
* Led company through Chapter 11, establishing credibility with
bank group, prearranging Chapter 11 filing, obtaining Debtor in
Possession financing, and ensuring compliance with all SEC filings.
* As General Manager of Cognitive Solutions, Inc. in Paso Robles,
CA, successfully turned around $20 million division from recurring
monthly losses of $350,000 to profitability within two months.
* Saved company potential $500,000 net profit loss by identifying
and correcting faulty new pricing structure.
* Served as key member of team implementing Oracle MIS system to
extract meaningful management data.
SCHLUMBERGER - Moorestown, NJ 1990-1997
Rapidly promoted through this $6 billion international company from
Internal Audit Manager in Paris, France to various Controller
positions at divisions in Bonham, TX and Chesapeake, VA.
US Group Controller
Managed all financial and reporting aspects of $70 million group of
five business units.
Key Accomplishment:
* Spearheaded due diligence work for a $27 million acquisition
resulting in a final negotiated purchase price of $13.3 million.
Prior experience as Audit Manager with TOUCHE ROSS in London, England.
Education:
University Of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, Scotland
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering - Honors Graduate
Affiliations:
Institute Of Chartered Accountants - England and Wales
Chartered Accountant, 1988
Skills:
* P & L Management
* Outsourcing & Downsizing
* Plant Consolidation
* International & Multi-Divisional
* Turnaround & Startup Strategies
* Contract Negotiations
* Investor Relations
* Strategic Planning
* Public & Private Companies
* Crisis Management
* Fiscal / Budgetary Oversight
* Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
* Mergers & Acquisitions
* SEC & Bankruptcy Filing
* GAAP Compliance
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